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KIGALI, Rwanda — At first glance, Seraphine Mukakinani’s life seems unremarkable. She didn’t finish school, so she sells clothes or fruits or whatever's around at a small market, which doesn’t bring in much. Usually, she wraps herself in kitenge, that brightly colored “African cloth,” and in secondhand T-shirts. A single bulb lights half of her two-room house, on a road that rings Nyamirambo, a busy, crowded neighborhood in Rwanda's capital city of Kigali. For water or cooking or the toilet, she goes outside. Читать дальше...

Senator John McCain in Washington early this month.

The buses were traveling to the besieged towns of Fuaa and Kefraya, where thousands of people are trapped.

In at least one respect, Northrop Grumman appears to have the edge.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho's four Republican electors are scheduled to meet in Boise on Monday to cast their ballots for the president of the United States.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho's four Republican electors are scheduled to meet in Boise on Monday to cast their ballots for the president of the United States.

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Four Magic Kingdom restaurants will begin serving beer and wine on Friday. It's a bigger deal than you might think for a park that was largely dry until just four years ago.

RAMSAU, Austria — Olympic champion Eric Frenzel led another German sweep of the podium at a Nordic combined World Cup event on Sunday.

The Punjab Congress, led by vice-president Sunil Jakhar on Friday staged protest in Ludhiana in support of the industries and traders against Narendra Modi government’s "ill-conceived" demonetisation move. Party president Captain Amarinder Singh could not join the protestors due to his scheduled meeting with the PM on the farm loan waiver issue in New Delhi.

HAZLETON, Pa. (AP) — Chicago Cubs' winning manager Joe Maddon has been honored in his northeastern Pennsylvania hometown of Hazleton after his team broke a 108-year streak without a championship title.

HAZLETON, Pa. (AP) — Chicago Cubs' winning manager Joe Maddon has been honored in his northeastern Pennsylvania hometown of Hazleton after his team broke a 108-year streak without a championship title.

HAZLETON, Pa. (AP) — Chicago Cubs' winning manager Joe Maddon has been honored in his northeastern Pennsylvania hometown of Hazleton after his team broke a 108-year streak without a championship title.

HAZLETON, Pa. (AP) — Chicago Cubs' winning manager Joe Maddon has been honored in his northeastern Pennsylvania hometown of Hazleton after his team broke a 108-year streak without a championship title.

AMSTERDAM – Jong FC Twente heeft zondag het jaar 2016 in stijl afgesloten door bij AFC met ruime cijfers te verliezen: 4-0.

Nine people were killed as gunmen fired at a castle in Karak, a popular tourist spot.

The president-elect gets a holiday visit from Vladimir Putin while Mrs. Clinton stars in her own version of 'Love Actually.'

"Tools of Titans" author and podcaster Tim Ferriss stopped by Business Insider and shares a favorite bit of wisdom he learned when he was a teenager. It's about surrounding yourself with good people to become better yourself.

Host South Korea has won four golds at the ISU Short Track World Cup test event for 2018 Olympic host Pyeonchang.

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A bunch of events in 2016 had the potential to send the market into a tailspin.

From the Brexit decision in June to the election of Donald Trump in November and the Italian vote against constitutional changes in December, there have been unexpected election results and breaks with the status quo.

And while these events spurred trading activity, they did not roil the market in the way that many had predicted. In recent weeks, the US stock market has regularly topped record highs, for example. Читать дальше...

De evacuatie van bewoners uit de belegerde wijken van Aleppo is begonnen. Een aantal bussen met opstandelingen en hun familieleden is vertrokken uit het oosten van de Syrische stad. Dat heeft de Syrische staatstelevisie vanmiddag via een correspondent ter plekke bekendgemaakt. Tegelijkertijd zijn er ook bussen in de brand gestoken die bedoeld waren voor de evacuatie. Rebellen hebben de aanval opgeëist.

Afghan forces continue to need U.S. and coalition support to address gaps in their offensive capability against insurgents as they enter their third year of full responsibility for the country’s security, the Pentagon said in a report to Congress.